on Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 07:38:59AM -0700, Stefan O'Rear wrote: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 03:13:52PM +0100, steve downes wrote: > > I keep getting the message below:- > > > > attempt to access beyond end of device> > > 03:02 rw=0 want=1898676924, limit 4883760 > > > > I get it when I open the /etc directory in midnight commander ... > Could be very bad... > Try closing your programs and rebooting your computer with the force > fsck option, you can use this command (as root) : > > shutdown -F -r now > > Then tell us what the fsck reported. >
It fixed 4 inodes then crashed out with :- /dev/hda2: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY etc Ran fsck maually & it found thousands of inode faults on the back end of the disk. It now reboots & the fault has cleared but so has a lot of software. Looks like a re-install. Fortunately it's a data free machine except for a server backup. Thanks for your help Steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
